Matrix assembling mechanism for typographical machines



s. E. SPERRY 1,812,808

MATRIX A SSEMBLING MECHANISM FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINES June 30, 1931 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec.

1 E mae/ 3/ ATTORNEY s. E. SPERRY. 1,812,808

MATRIX ASSEMBLING MECHANISM FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINES June 30, 1931.

Filed Dec 10. 1929 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY June 30, 1931. s. E. S PERRY 1,812,808

MATRIX ASSEMBLING MECHANIM FOR TYPOGRAPHIC AL MACHINES Filed Dec'. 10. 1929 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 June 30, 1931. s. E. SPERRY 1,812,308

I MATRIX ASSEMBLING MECHANISM FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINES Filed Dec. 10, 1929 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR jai'wuez ATTORNEY Patented June 30, 1931 cairn s1 rates Part-{Ear s ares; a SP 3 h v any, or HOLLIS, new Yon see no m'rnivryrn conrp tarxoiv.

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MATRIX ASSEIVIBLING IVIECHA NIS M Application filec'rDe eember 10, 1929. Serial No. 413,0 4.

The present invention relates to improvements in typographical machines and more especially to those of the class shown and described in U. Letters Patent No l3 6,532 granted september16, 1890, to O. liter-genthaler, wherein matrices having typeforming characters therein are delivered from a. magazine selectively, by manipulationof a keyboard, and assembledin a line in a so-called assembling elevator, and upon completion of each line, said elevator is lift ed'a-nd the line of matrices transferred by a so-called line delivery slide from the assembling elevator to another elevator which carries the line into positionin frontof a mold in which a type baror slug bearings type face is cast against the l ne of matr ces. In lflfiClliDBSOf thisclass asheretofore constructed and used, the assembling elevator has been lifted manually by the operator after the completion of composition of each matrix line, to bring the lineinto position for transfer by the line delivery slide,the operation of thekeyboard for the composition of matrix lines being necessarily interrupted until each matrix line, after it has been cornposed, has been removed .fromthe assembling elevator and the latter has reta ned to its normal position, after which the operator resumed operation ofthe keyboard to compose the line, and sucha construction. and mode of operation has the drawbacks that it not only imposesnpon the operator the burden of manually lifting the assemblingelevator to bring it into position for the transfer therefrom of each comiposed matrix line, but the interruption in the operation of the keyboard during the period the assembling elevator is removed from the matrix assembling position delays the composition ofthe matrices'and thereby reduces the capacity or output of the machine.

The primary objects ofthe invention are to provide relatively simple means, utilizing largely elements already present in machines of this class, for lifting the assembling eleyator by poiver means under control of the operator and for enabling a matrix line to be composed Whilethe preceding'line isbei'ng deliveredvby the assembling elevator and for introducing the subsequently composed line into the assembling elevator uponjfits return to normal position, thereby enabling 's'iich machines to be operated continuoi'isly .br Without interruption in the compositionof the matrix lines.

Elie present invention provides novelaand' improved means yvhereby the' lifting of the assembling elevator to. bring fa composed matrix line therein into position foritra nsfer therefrom be accomplished gbyqpower means in whichpower; is stored by theilmovemerit of theline delivery js'lide usually fused normal}lo vered positiQn by gravity.

The invention also provides novel and improvedfmeans which is controlled 'andfoperated by the usual line delivery slide of the machine to introduce into the assembling ,elevator aline ofmatrices composed Whileithe assen iblingelevator is raisedjor out of normal position and novel and improved means also controlled and operated by the usual line'de- .livery slide ,for supporting the foremost matrices in a succeeding matrix, lineund'er going composition.

To theseandotherends the invention consists in certain; improvements andccombinations and arrangements of parts all asfiv'ill hereinafter. be more fully described,,.the features of novelty being pointed out particularly in the claims at theendofthe specification.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a front elevation of theassemblin'g lfi ator and line delivery slide of a typographical machineconstructed in accordance with the present invention, the elevator and slide being shown in the positions which they normally occupy during the composition of aline of matrices;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the line delivery slide in full lines the initial part of the operative movement of the line delivery slide after its release and, by the dotted lines, a further step in the operative movement of the line delivery slide, to introduce the composed matrices into the assembling elevator and to lift the latter;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, illustrating by dotted and full lines the further steps in the operative movement of the line delivery slide to commence the transfer of the matrix line therefrom While the assembling elevator is lifted;

Fig. 4 represents, partly in section, a top plan of the structure shown in Fig. 1, a portion of the structure being broken away;

Fig. represents a vertical cross section taken approximately on the line 55 of Fig. l and looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 6 is a top plan view on an enlarged scale, of the auxiliary matrix assembling receptacle in advance of the matrix receiving end of the assembling elevator;

Fig. 7 is a detail View representing a transverse section taken on the line 77 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the line delivery slide and its operating connection with the assembling elevator, the parts being shown in normal position and as viewed from the front;

Fig. 9 is a detail perspective view of one end of the line delivery slide as viewed from the rear; and

Fig. represents a transverse section taken on the line 1010 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Similar parts are designated by the same reference characters in the diflerent views.

The present invention is applicable generally to typographical machines of the class employing an assembling elevator in which matrices delivered thereto selectively by manipulation of a keyboard are assembled therein to form a line and in which a line delivery slide or equivalent means is employed for removing the line of matrices from the assembling elevator for transfer to means which conveys the matrix line to casting position. The invention in its preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings and will be hereinafter described as applied to a typographical machine of the well known class shown and described generally in the patent hereinbefore referred to but it is to be understood that constructions equivalent to that shown are contemplated and such will be included within the scope of the claims.

Since the present invention concerns only the matrix assembling means and the means for removing or transferring the line of matrices therefrom, the drawings have been confined to those portions of the machine, the magazine and keyboard mechanism for delivering the matrices to the assembling means and the means which receives the line of matrices delivered from the assembling means and for casting the type bars or slugs therefrom being shown and described generally in the patent hereinbefore referred to and being also well understood by those skilled in the art and familiar with machines of this class as generally constructed and used.

In the present instance, 1 represents a portion of the face plate casting which is part of the main stationary frame as commonly used in machines of this class, 2 represents the assembling elevator which is mounted to move vertically in front of the face plate, it being slidable in guides 3 and 4 and provided in its upper portion with front and rear rails 5 which form a channel between them to re ceive the matrices and form them in a line, 6 represents the usual assembling elevator slide finger which is movable lengthwise in the channel between the rails 5 against which the matrix line is assembled and 7 represents the assembler star wheel over which the matrices released from the magazine in the usual way by manipulation of the keyboard pass, the star wheel operating in the well known manner to stack the matrices into the line. 8 represents generally the line delivery slide which is mounted to reciprocate horizontally in a guide 9 which is fixed to the stationary face plate 1 abovethe assemblingelevator,this slide operating to remove a line of matrices from the assembling elevator, after the latter has been lifted to its elevated position, and to transfer the matrix line to another elevator which carries the matrix line to the casting position, as is well known in machines of this class.

According to the present invention, the rails 5 of the assembling elevator are off-set to the left of the guides 3 and 4 instead of to the right thereof, as has heretofore been the practice in machines of this class, and a relatively stationary matrix assembling receptacle, composed of front and rear rails 10 which are alined with the corresponding rails 5 on the assembling elevator when the latter is in its normal lowered position, is interposed between the right hand or matrix receiving end of the assembling elevator and the assembler star wheel 7 so that this receptacle will receive the matrices and the assembling star wheel 7 will stack the matrices in a line in this receptacle preliminarily to their introduction into the assembling elevator. The rails 10 of this receptacle are so mounted on the face plate 1 that they always remain at a constant level relatively to the assembler star wheel 7 although the front rail may be pivoted at 11 to enable it to be swung forwardly to provide accessto matrices contained Wit/h. in this receptacle for the insertion or re moval of matrices, and itis also provided withan auxiliary railBl which is operatively connected to aleverl lwhereby it may be set i into operative and inoperative positions to in unison therewith, by the screw 18, and a matrix transfer carrier composed of the relatively long and short depending fingers 19 and 20 carried by blocks 21 and 22 which are slidable in the horizontal guide 9, these blocks being adjustably connected by a notched or graduated rod 23 which enables the fingers 19 and 20 to be locked at different distances apart to conform with matrix'lines of different lengths, a pawl24 pivotally mounted on the block 21' cooperating with the notches in the rod 23 which is attached-at its other end to the block 22 and thereby holding the fingers 19 and 20 at cliflerent'distances apart.

The bar 17 which is movable in unison with a the main bar 15 of the slide is provided at its lower edge with a longitudinally elongated notch 25 in which operates a pin or projection 26 which is fixed to the block 22, so that the fingers 19 and2O have a lost motion connection with .the slide and will be picked up and shifted toward the left or the right after the bar 17 has shifteda predetermined distance in one or the otherof these directionsas determined by the length of the notch 25. After i the fingers 19 and 20 have been thus picked up by the engagement of the pin 26 with one or the other end of the. notch 25, these fingers will reciprocate in unison with the bar ,17. The main bar 15 is provided with a. pivot 27 to which the usual link connected to the lever which operates the line delivery slide is connected, it being'common andwell known in machines of this class that the operatinglever for the line delivery slide is actuated toshift the slide in a direction to remove the matrix line from the assembling elevator and transfer it to theelevator which carries the line to the casting position, by a spring controlledusually by an air cushion, and which a cam on the machine operates at an appropriatetime in the cycle of operations; of the machine, to re turnrthe line delivery slide to its normal. or retracted position such as that shown in Fig. 1. Since the usual and well known operating means may be used to operate the line delivy slid p ded y th P ent n on, it

is deemed unnecessary to illustrate; such opwhile the assembling elevator is in raised position are effected by a pair of fingers 28 and 2 9 respectively,these fingers being pivotally suspended from a pin 30 which projects forwardly from a rotatabledisk 31, the latter-being rotatably mounted on a-pivot pin 32 supported by abracket 33, the latter being fixed to the stationary faceplate 1. 1 A coiled friction spring 31 encircles the pivot pin32 and seats in counterbored recesses in the front face of the disk31 and the rear faceofthe bracket 33, the friction produced by this spring being sufiicient to prevent rotation of the disk under the weightof the fingers2 8 and 29 while intheir normal raised position shown inFig. 1, so that the disk will remain in its normal position until it is, rotated out of suchposition by the action of theline delivery slide, as hereinafter described. The fin gers 28 and 29 are mounted directly abovethe matrix receiving channel formedbetweenthe rails 10 of the auxiliary assemblingrecept cle, and when the disk-31 occupies its normal positionshowniii-F 1, the .upper ends of these fingers will be immediately above the path of the tops .of' matrices in theauxiliary assembling receptacle. The finger 29-has a spring 3 L connected to it above the pivot pin 30 and acting in adirection tohold the pin 35 thereon yieldi'ngly against a relatively fixed stop, suchasa vertical edge ofthe usual relatively fixed space band chute35 sothat the lowerend of this fingerwill be directly above the entrance end of the auxiliary matrix assembling receptacle, and the friction V spring31 acting on'the disk31, will normally hold said disk in the position shown in Fig.

1,, The lower end of the fingere29 is preferably provided with a hinged plate 36 which is adapted to remain in vertical position so that it will bear fiatwise againsta matrix the auxiliary assembling receptacle during swinging movement of the finger-29 about the pivot pin 30, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, the finger 29being lowered into the matrix receiving channel of the auxiliary matrix assembling receptacle when thedisk 31 is rotated in a clockwise direction which acts to lower the pivot pin 30, as will be clear from Fig; 2, and the matrices introduced into the auxiliary matrix assembling receptacle by the revolving assembler star wheel 7 will v cause the finger 29 to swing toward the left r as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig.2, the lower pivoted end 36 on the finger 29 resting againstthe foremost matrix in the matrix line designated M andbeing advanced toward the left as the matrices are stacked into the receptacle by the star wheel 7.

The finger 28 is provided at its upper end with a block 37 which extends above the pivot pin 30 and is arranged to bear on a nose 38 formed on the bracket 33, this nose forming an abutment which will obstruct the movement of the block 37 as the disk 31 rotates in a direction to lower the pivot 30, so that as the disk rotates in such direction, the finger 28, after it has been lowered directly to engage the rearmost matrix in a line composed in the auxiliary assembling receptacle, will swing about the pivot 30 from the full line position to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 2, and during such swinging movement of the finger 28 the lower end thereof sweeps through the matrix channel between the rails 10 of the auxiliary assembling receptacle and thereby removes the line of matrices from said receptacle and introduces them into the matrix channel between the jaws 5 of the assembling elevator as represented by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.

The assembling elevator 2 is normally locked in its lower line receiving position by a latch 39 which is pivoted at 40 to a plate 41, the latter being fixed to the stationary face plate 1, the latch having at one end a toe 42 arranged to engage the upper side of a lug or projection 43 formed on the rear side of the rear assembling elevator rail 5, a spring 44 being connected at one end to the latch 39 and at its other end to a pin 45 on the stationary face plate 1 and acting to normally hold the latch in engagement with the lug 43. A stop 46 on the stationary plate 41 serves to arrest the swing of the latch under the action of the spring 44, this stop holding the latch in position to receive the lug or projection 43 beneath the toe 42, as shown in Fig. 1, when the assembling elevator moves into its normal lowered position. The upper end of the latch 39 has a forwardly extending finger 47 there- J on which lies in the path of the finger 28 so that when the latter approaches the end of its swinging movement under the action of the nose 38, it will swing the latch from the full line position shown in Fig. 2, in which 1t locks the assembling elevator in lowered position, into the dotted line position shown 1n that figure, thereby unlocking or releasing the assembling elevator so that it may rise.

The disk 31 is rotated to carry the fingers 28 and 29 from their normal raised position as shown in Fig. 1 to their lower operative position as shown in Fig. 2 during the initial part of the movement of the line delivery slide to transfer a matrix line from the auxiliary assembling receptacle to the assembling elevator and to subsequently remove the matrix line from the assembling elevator. To accomplish this, a pawl 48 is pivotally connected by a pivot pin 49 to the bar 17 of the line delivery slide, this pawl being gravity operated and normally resting in the position shown in Fig. 1, its movement being limited by a pin 50 on the pawl which operates in a slot 51 in the bar 17 and the disk 31 has a pin 52 fixed to it and projecting rearwardly from its rear face so that it lies adjacent to and in the path of the free end of the pawl 48 when the bar 17 is in its normal fully retracted position. In consequence, the pin 52 will be engaged by the pawl 48 at the commencement of the forward or operative movement of the bar 17 and as the latter continues its operative movement, the disk 31 is caused to rotate from the normal position shown in Fig. 1, in a clockwise direction into the successive positions shown by the full and dotted lines in Fig. 2, and during the latter part of the movement of the pin 52 under the action of the pawl 48, the pin 52 reaches and rides upon the upper side of the pawl 48 which occupies an inclined position, the pawl 48 being supported during this operation by the pin 50 which engages the bottom of the slot 51, the pin 52 eventually reaching a position substantially level with the pivot 32 of the disk as the pawl 48 passes beneath the pin 52 during the continued operative stroke of the bar 17 The disk 31 has a second pin 53 projecting from its rear side, and this pin is brought, by the rotation of the disk 31 to lower the fingers 28 and 29 and to swing the finger 28 to effect the line transfer operation, into a position in the path of an inclined cam surface 54 on the bar 17, and this cam surface acts on the pin 53, during the continued stroke of the bar 17, to rotate the disk 31 back to its normal position, as illustrated diagrammatically by the full and dotted lines in Fig. 3, and as the stroke of the bar 17 continues in the same direction, the pin 53 is received in a groove 55 which extends longitudinally in the bar 17 the disk 31 being thereby locked in its normal position during the rest of the stroke of the bar 17. The return of the disk 31 to normal position restores the fingers 28 and 29 to their normal raised position clear of the path of the matrices, as shown in Fig. 1.

The assembling elevator 2 is lifted from its lower matrix receiving position shown by the matrix delivery position as shown by the dotted lines in said figure, by a lever 56 one end of which is pivotally connected to a link 57 which link in turn is pivotally connected to a pin 58 on the rear side of the assembling elevator and the other end of said lever is pivotally connected to the face plate 1 by the pivot pin 59 about which said lever swings as a center. The main bar 15 of the line delivery slide has a gravity acting pawl 60 pivotally connected to it by a pivot pin 61, this pawl being normally supported in an inclined position by a stop pin 62 fixed to the bar 15 and engaging a lug 63 on the pawl.

A lever 64 is pivotally mounted on the lever 56 by apivotpin'65,'one'eiid of thislever 64': carrying a roller or projection 66 which is in the path of the inclined upper sideof the pawl and'the other end of this lever 64' is connected to one endof a'tension spring67 The end of the lever 64 on which the tension:

spring 67 acts,normally rests against a stop pin 7 3 on the plate 69. The'tensionspring 71 is acounterbalance spring,=it acting on the lever 56, through the plate 69, spring 67 and lever 64 to lift the lever 56 and the assembling elevator to which it. is connected, but the spring 71 is of insuflicient powerto lift the assembling'elevator or to maintain it in elevated' position, so that the assembling ele vator will be ableto descend against them-- tion of the spring? 1,except when the tension'of the spring67 is increased, which'is efl'ect'ed by the riding of the roller or projection66 up the inclined'upper side of the pawl 6O as the delivery slide moves from the position" shown in Fig; 1 to and through the positions shown by thelull' and dotted lines in'Fig. 2 during which the lever 64 is rocked relatively to the lever 56'about the pivot and'in a direction to increase the tension oft.

thespr'ing 67 the latter acting in a direction to lift the assembling elevator from the full line position showninFig; 2'to the dotted line position shown in that' figure. As the movement or" the'line delivery slide continues in the same direction, the pawl 60 which moves with. it, passes beneath the roller or projection 66, thereby permitting the lever 6 to' resuni'e'its normal relation with the lever 56 and thereby reducing the tensionof the spring67. f

hen the elevator reaches'the limit" of it's upward movement, it engagesthe free end of apawl 74 which ispivoted at 7-5 on the stationary frame and the' opposite end of which engages the block 22 of thshorta matrixline engaging finger 2O thereby'releasing the line delivery slideso that it may continue its movement in a direction to remove thematr'ix linefroin the assembling elevator,

' and when the assembling elevator reaches its elevated position, alatch'7 6 thereon engages adog on the stationary frame and locks the assembling elevator in its proper raised position, and when the" line delivery slide has reached a position in its operative movement where the matrices have been removed from the assembling elevator, this latch is engaged and tripped by the block 22.401? thepshort matrix line engaging "26, and the as sembling'e'levator is then ties to''' descend to itsnorm'al lowered position. Since the con struction and operation of the pawl 74 and latch 7 are well known in'machines of this class, further illustration and description the'reofis deemed unnecessary.

The line delivery slide is held inits normal retracted. position as shownin Fig. l'by a' key rod 7 7 "the upper end of which is engageable in a notchi78 in the lower edge oflthe bar 17 when the line deliver'y slide is fully retracted, the lower end of this key rod being operatively connected to a key. lever 7 9 which is pivoted at'80'to a side or other part of the usual keyboard 81 which contains the keys andtheir mechanism for controlling the'delivery ofmatrices from the magazine, the key lever 79 having abutton 82 thereon which is within convenient reach of the operator occupying hisusual position in front of the keyboard, depression of the button .82 serving to trip" or release'the line delivery slide and to set itiiit'o operation. A spring 83 atta-chedito the key lever 79 acts thereon to maintain" the upper end of the key rod .77 against the'lower edge of the bar 17 so that the upper end ofthe' key rod 7 7 will be normally held inengagement with the locking notch 78 while the line delivery slideisin its normal position and it will be momma cally re enga'ged' with this notch when the linedelivery slide is restored to its normal position. V

The mode of operation of matrix assem bliiig means constructed in accordance with the present invention,- isra's follows'z- The matrices are selectively delivered from the usual magazine by manipulation of the keyboard, thus bringing the' matrices over the revolving assembler star wheel 7 in the usual manner, but the matrices, instead of being received'dire'ctlyby the assembling elevator, as heretofore, are receivedin the auxiliary as-' semb'ling receptacle which islocated. in advance ofthe' matrix receiving end of the as sembling elevator, they being stacked ina' line inflthe auxiliary matrix assembling receptaele. this'time, the assembling elevator Qisin itslowered position'alined'witli the auxiliary matrix assembling receptacle and'theline delivery slide is in its normal retracted position, as' shown in Fig. 1, the fingers28 and 29 beingraised clear of the path of the .assemblingmatrices. After a sulhcientnumber of matrices have been supplied to the auxiliary assembling receptacle to form a line of the predetermined length, the operator depresses the key lever 79 there by disengaging theupper end of the key rod 7 7 from the. notch 7 Sin the bar 17' of the line delivery. slide and thereby releasing this slide so that it may move toward the left from its normal position shown in Fig.1.

, The initialpartof the operative movementof the line delivery slide,.-Whi Ch involves; a movement ofthe' bars 15- and; 17 toward the left while the fingers 19 and 20 remain stationary due to the engagement of the pin 26 on the finger 20 in the elongated notch 25 in the lower edge of the bar 17, causes the pawl 48 on the bar 17 to act on the pin 52 on the rear side of the disk 31 to rotate the latter in a clockwise direction. The first part of this rotation of the disk 31, which brings it into the full line position shown in Fig. 2, lowers the fingers 28 and 29 into a position be tween the last matrix introduced into the line and the assembler star wheel 7. The finger 29 serves to seperate the matrices in the line of composed matrices from matrices subsequently delivered to form the next succeeding line, and the operator of the machine may continue without interruption the manipulation of the keyboard to compose the matrices which are to form the next succeeding line, the matrices of the latter line being separated from those of the previously composed line by the interposed plate 36 at the lower end of the finger 29. Further movement of the bar 17 toward the left during the operative travel of the line delivery slide causes the pawl 28 to act on the pin 52 to rotate the disk 31 into the position shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, and while the disk is rotating intothis position, the finger 28, which has been previously lowered into a position behind the matrix line already composed, is caused to swing, by the action of the nose 38 on the block 37, from the full line position to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 2, this finger 28 being thus swung through the matrix channel between the rails 10 of the auxiliary assembling receptacle and sweeping the already composed matrix line out of said receptacle and into the assembling elevator, this matrix line coming against and pushing the usual assembler slide finger 6 ahead of it. The matrix line thus removed from the auxiliary assembling receptacle is brought into a position to be received between the fingers 19 and 20 of the line delivery slide.

The travel of the line delivery slide from the normal position shown in Fig. 1 to the full and dotted line positions shown in Fig. 2 also causes the inclined pawl 60 to' ride beneath the roller or projection 66 on the lever 64, thereby swinging this lever relatively to the main elevator lifting lever 56 and thus increasing the tension of the spring 67 to store energy therein to lift the assembling elevator and while energy is being thus stored in the springs 67 the finger 28 reaches the arm 47 on the latch 39 and swings said latch in a direction to release the assembling elevator whereupon the latter is elevated by the energy stored in the spring 67 and is locked in its elevated position by the latch 7 6 which latch operates in the manner usual in machines of this class. The ascent of the assembling elevator also trips the pawl 74 which normally locks the fingers 19 and 20 against movement, it being understood that these fingers remain motionless during the initial travel of the bar 17 which operates the fingers 28 and 29 and releases the assembling elevator, due to the engagement of the pin 26 on the finger 20 in the longitudinally elongated notch 25 in the lower edge of the bar 17, but after the right hand end of the notch 25 has reached the pin 26, the finger 20 and also the finger 19 connected to it by the rod 23 are picked up by the line delivery slide and thereafter move in unison with it, these fingers 19 and 20, which receive between them the matrix line lifted by the assembling elevator, operating during the continued operative movement of the line delivery slide, to remove such matrix line from the assembling elevator and to convey it in the manner usual in machines of this class to another elevator which conveys the matrix line to the casting position.

The continued operative movement of the line delivery slide immediately following the swing of the finger 28 to introduce the matrix line into the assembling elevator and to trip the latch 39 brings the cam surface 54 on the bar 17 against the pin 53 on the disk 31 and causes the disk to rotate back to its normal position as shown diagrammatically by the full and dotted lines in Fig. 3, thereby lifting the fingers 28 and 29 and restoring them to their normal raised position clear of the path of the assembling matrices, the disk 31 being locked in this position by the engagement of the pin 53 in the groove 55 in the bar 17, and since the latch 76 on the assembling elevator is tripped by the finger 20 as soon as the matrix line has been removed from the assembling elevator, the latter descends by gravity against the action of the lifting spring 67 the tension of which is then reduced by the passing of the pawl beyond the roller 66, so that the assembling elevator is restored immediately to a position to receive the next matrix line which has, in the meantime, been in the course of assembly in the auxiliary assembling receptacle by the continued or interrupted operation of the matrix delivery keys of the keyboard by the operator, and the assembler slide finger 6 in the assembling elevator will be thus brought into position to receive such line.

The pawls 48 and 60 pass beneath and beyond the projection 52 and roller 66 respectively while the line delivery slide is com pleting its operative movement, and during the return stroke of the line delivery slide to its normal retracted position, the pawl 48 rides idly over the pin 52 and the pawl 60 rides idly over the roller 66, and during the return movement of the line delivery slide, the left hand end of the notch 25 in the lower edge of the bar 17 engages the pin 26 connected to the finger 20 and thereby draws the fingers l9 and 20 back to their normal position as shown in Fig; 1, and when the line delivery slide reaches its fully retracted position, it is automatically locked in such position by the re-engagement of the upper end of the key rod 77 in the notch78 in the lower edge of thebar 17. The line delivery slide is then ready to be again released or tripped by depression, of the key leverj 79 immediately upon completion of thematrix line in course of composition, wherenpon the cycle of operations hereinbefore described willbe repeated. 7

The: present invention thus accomplishes the dual result of lifting the assembling elevatcr by power storedin a springiby tlie operative movement of the usual line delivery slide commonly used in machines of this class, it being merely necessary for the op erator to depress a finger key on or adjacent to the usual keyboard in order to release the line delivery slide. and thereby set the assembling elevator lifting mechanism into op eration'upon completion of the composition of a matrix line, and of transferring a succeeding line of matrices composed in the auxiliary assembling receptacle to the assembling elevator after the latter" hasbeen returned to its normal lowered positionby gravity, by the fingers which are also opermarry the movement of the usual line dey livery slide, and'such utilization oftlieusual lined elivery slide enables continuous or uninterrnp'ted composition of the matrix lines to be performed in amachine of relatively siinple construction, V I

,The matrix assembling mechanism provided byltlie present invention is applicable to typographical machines of the general class hereinbef'or'e referred to Without requiring modification of the other mechanisms of the machine, since the modified assembling"elevatorj and its cooperating auxiliary assembling receptacle replace the usual asse'iilbling elevator and may receive. the matrices delivered the usualmeahs from ,the magazine under control of the I usual keyboard and the modified line delivery slide may replace the usual" line delivery slide and may be operated by the same means usnal ly employed for operating the line delivery slide heretofore commonly used, the construction of the modified line delivery sliole being such however that the initial pa'rt of its'operative movement will effect the transter of the matrix line from the auxiliary assembling receptacle to the assembling elevator and the liftingtherof, mania further operative movement of the line delivery slide vi ill c ause the matrix lineengaging fingers to be picked up and to advance With the slideto remove the matrix line from th eas senibling elevator. V

I claim asmyinvention h ,11 a yp g ap a a hi an ew: bli'ng elevator movable upwardly from a matrix receiving position to a matrix discharging position, a slide for removing mat-- rices from said elevator While the latter is lifted, means operative by movement ofsaid slide in the matrix removing" direction to store power to lift the elevator, and key-con: trolled means for setting said slide into operation. v,

2. In a typographical machine, an assem-- bling elevator movable from a matrix receiving position upwardly to a matrix dis charging position, a slide for removing mat rices from said elevator, spring means op-- erative by movement of said slide in the matrix removing direction to store power to lift the elevator, and manually-controlled releasing means for setting said slide and spring meansinto operation to lift the elevator;

3. In a typographical machine, any assembling elevator movable from a matrix receiving position upwardly to a matrix discharging position, a slide for transferring matrices from the elevator While the'latter is in the matrix discharging position, power means operative by movement of said slide in the matrix transferring direction to store power to lift the elevator, and releasing means controlled by movement of said slide in the matrix transferring direction for set ting the power means into operationi 4:. In a typographical machine, an, assembling elevator movable upwardly from a matrix receiving position to a matrix discharging position, a matrix line delivery slide embodying means having a lost motion connection" therewith for discharging matrices from the elevator, a lever connected to the elevator for lifting it into matrix discharging position, and spring means interposed between said lever and slide and actuated by the initial part of themovement of the latter in the matrix discharging directien' to' lift the elevator. 5 In a typographical machine, an assem bling elevator movable upwardly from a ma receivingposition toa matrix discharging position, a marinas delivery slide for discharging matrices from the elevator, a lifting lever for the elevator, a spring-tensioned member connected to said lever, and'means connected to the slide and acting on s aidniemher during the initial part of the movement of said slide in thematrix discharging direc tion to increase the spring tension on said member and thereby lift the elevator and to relax such tension during the further movement of the slide in the same directibny 6. In a'typographical machine, a vertical 1y movable assembling elevator, horizontally reciprocator'y matrix line delivery slide for removing matrices from the elevator, a liftinglever for the. elevator, a pivoted mem;

'ber, a'lever pivoted on said lifting lever having projectionat ,one end, a spring connecting the other end of said lever on the lifting lever to said member at one side of its pivot, a counterbalancing spring connected to said member at the other side of its pivot, and a pawl pivotally connected to said slide and having an inclined surface to act on said projection to increase the tension of said lifting spring.

7. In a typographical machine, an assembling elevator movable into matrix line receiving and discharging positions, a line delivery slide for removing a matrix line from said elevator, a receptacle for assembling matrices in advance of their reception by said elevator, and means controlled by said slide for transferring matrices from said receptacle to the assembling elevator.

8. In a typographical machine, an assembling elevator movable into matrix line re ceiving and discharging positions, a member for removing a matrix line from said elevator, an auxiliary matrix assembling receptacle mounted in a position to deliver matrices therefrom to the a sembling elevator while the latter is in matrix line receiving position, and means operated by said matrix line removing member for transferring matrices assembled in said receptacle from the latter to the assembling elevator.

9. In a typographical machine, an assembling elevator movable into matrix line receiving and discharging positions, a member for removing a matrix line from said elevator, an auxiliary matrix assembling receptacle mounted in a position to deliver matrices therefrom to the assembling elevator While the latter is in matrix line receiving position, and a finger movable longitudinally in said receptacle by the operation of said member and operative to transfer matrices assembled therein to the assembling elevator.

10. In a typographical machine, an assembling elevator movable to and from matrix line receiving position, means for removing a matrix line from said elevator, an auxiliary matrix assembling receptacle positioned to transfer matrices therefrom to the elevator While the latter is in matrix receiving position, a finger movable in said receptacle by the operation of said matrix line removing means and operative to transfer matrices assembled in said receptacle to said elevator, and a second finger also movable in said receptacle and against which matrices assembled in rear of the first-mentioned finger are stacked.

11. In a typographical machine a matrix assembling elevator movable into matrix receiving and discharging positions, auxiliary matrix assembling means positioned to deliver matrices assembled therein to the elevator While the latter is in matrix receiving position, a matrix line delivery slide for removing matrices from the elevator While the latter is in matrix discharging position, and

a matrix transferring member actuated by said slide and movable in said auxiliary matrix assembling means to transfer matrices assembled therein to the elevator.

12. In a typographical machine, a matrix assembling elevator movable into matrix receiving and discharging positions, an auxiliary matrix assembling receptacle positioned to discharge matrices therefrom into the elevator While the latter is in matrix receiving position, a line delivery slide operative to remove a matrix line from the elevator While the latter is in matrix discharging posi tion, and means operative by said slide to transfer matrices assembled in said receptacle to the elevator.

13. In a typographical machine, a matrix assembling elevator movable into matrix receiving and discharging positions, auxiliary matrix assembling means positioned to discharge matrices assembled therein to said elevator While the latter is in matrix receiving position, a line delivery slide for removing matrices from said elevator While the latter is in matrix discharging position, a matrix transfer finger, and means operative by said slide for moving said finger through said auxiliary assembling means to transfer matrices assembled therein to the elevator.

14;. In a typographical machine, a matrix assembling elevator movable into matrix receiving and discharging positions, auxiliary matrix assembling means positioned to discharge matrices assembled therein to the elevator While the latter is in matrix receiving position, a line delivery slide having matrix engaging means for removing a matrix line from the elevator While the latter is in matrix discharging position, a matrix transfer member, and operating means for said member actuated by the slide and operative to introduce said member into the auxiliary assembling means and to move it therein to transfer matrices assembled in said auxiliary assembling means to the elevator.

15. In a typographical machine, a. matrix assembling elevator movable into matrix receiving and discharging positions, auxiliary matrix assembling means positioned to discharge matrices assembled therein to the elevator While the latter is in matrix receiving position, a line delivery slide including matrix engaging means having a lost-motion connection therewith and operative to remove matrices from the elevator While the latter is in matrix discharging position, a matrix transfer member, and means actuated by the movement of the slide prior to the commencement of the matrix removing movement of the matrix engaging means for moving said transfer member through the auxiliary assembling means to transfer matrices therefrom to the elevator.

16. In a typographical machine, a matrix assembling elevator movable into matrix receiving and discharging positions, auxiliary matrix assembling means positioned to discharge matrices therefrom to the elevator While the latter is in matrix receiving position, a line delivery slide for removing matrices from the elevatorwhile the latter is in matrix 7 discharging position, a rotatable member, a finger pivotally suspended therefrom, and means carried by said slide and engageable with said member to rot-ate it and thereby swing said finger into the auxiliary assembling means to act on matrices therein.

17. In a typographical machine, a matrix assembling elevator movable upwardly from matrix receiving position into matrix discharging position, auxiliary matrix assembling means positioned to discharge matrices assembled therein to the elevator while the latter is in matrix receiving position, a line delivery slide operative to remove matrices from the elevator while the latter is in matrix dischargingposition, matrix transfer means operative by said slide to transfer matrices from the auxiliary assembling means to the elevator while the latter is in matrix receiving position, and elevator lifting means operative by said slide to lift the elevator to ma trix discharging position.

18. In a typographical machine, a matrix assembling elevator movable upwardly from matrix receiving position into matrix discharging position, lifting means for the elevator, a latch holding the elevator in its lower matrix receiving position, auxiliary matrix assembling means positioned to discharge matrices therefrom to the elevator while the latter is in the lower position, a matrix transfer member movable through said auxiliary assembling means to transfer matrices therefrom to the elevator while the latter is in its lower position andto engage and release said latch, a line delivery slide for removing matrices from the elevator while the latter is in the upper matrix discharging position, and means actuated by said slide for operating said matrix transfer member and said elevator lifting means.

19. In a typographical machine,'a matrix assembling elevator movable upwardly from a loWer matrix recelvmg position to an upper matrix discharging position, spring actuated means for lifting the elevator, a latch for holding the elevator in its lower matrix receiving position, auxiliary matrix assembling means positioned to aline with the elevator while the latter is in its lower matrix receiving position, a matrix transfer finger, means operative to introduce said finger into the auxiliary assembling means and to move it therein to transfer matrices therefrom to the elevator and into engagementwith said latch to release it, a line delivery slide for receiving matrices from the elevator while the latter is in its upper matrix discharging position, and means operated by said slide for actuating said finger and the spring actuated elevator lifting means.

20. In a typographical machine, a matrix assembling elevator movable upwardly from a lower matrix receiving position to an upper matrix discharging position, lifting means for the elevator, a latch for holding the elevator in its lower position, auxiliary matrix assembling means positioned to discharge matrices therefrom into the elevator while the latter is in the lower position, a member movable in said auxiliary assembling means to transfer matrices therefrom to the elevator and engageable with said latch to release it, a line delivery slide including matrix engaging means having a lost motion connection therewith for removing matrices from the elevator while the latter is in its upper position, and means operative by said slide during the initial part of its movement and before the movement of the matrix engaging means thereon commences for actuating said matrix transferring and latch releasing member and the elevator lifting means.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

SAMUEL SPERRY. 

